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Rodan

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.

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Rodan

December 26, 1956
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Cast (46)

Kenji Sahara
Shigeru Kawamura
Akihiko Hirata
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Minosuke Yamada
Mining Chief Osaki
Akio Kobori
Police Chief Nishimura
Mitsuo Tsuda
Staff Officer Takeuchi
Ren Imaizumi
Sunagawa
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Military officer
Ichirō Chiba
Chief of Police
Tateo Kawasaki
Tsunesan
Kiyoshi Takagi
Dr. Minakami (uncredited)
Fuyuki Murakami
Professor Minami (uncredited)
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Professor Isokawa (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Policeman Tashiro (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Imamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
Kitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited)
Shigemi Sunagawa
F-86F pilot (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
Rodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager
Haruo Nakajima
Rodan / Meganulon
Shōichi Hirose
Meganulon / Fighter pilot
Saburô Kadowaki
Sunagawa's colleague (uncredited)
Yasuko Nakata
Female Honeymooner (uncredited)
Junnosuke Suda
Coroner (uncredited)
Toshiko Nakano
Kiyo's neighbor (uncredited)
Saburô Iketani
News Reader (uncredited)
Saeko Kuroiwa
Nurse (uncredited)
Bontarō Taira
Laborer (uncredited)
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Coal mine employee (uncredited)
Kamayuki Tsubono
Policeman at crime laboratory (uncredited)
Mike Daneen
Okinawan correspondent (uncredited)
Masaaki Tachibana
Policeman (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Journalist (uncredited)
Kôji Uno
Reporter (uncredited)
Akira Yamada
Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
Soldier in jeep (uncredited)
Tokio Ôkawa
Meganulon (uncredited)
Seiji Onaka
Nakagawa, male honeymooner

Crew (43)

Directing

Ishirō Honda
Director
Jun Fukuda
First Assistant Director

Writing

Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Takeo Murata
Screenplay

Production

Teruo Maki
Production Manager

Sound

Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist

Art

Tatsuo Kita
Production Design

Camera

Isamu Ashida
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design

Crew

Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Masao Shirota
Special Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Yoshio Irie
Special Effects Assistant
Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Assistant
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects
Tohl Narita
Visual Effects Art Director
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects
Tohl Narita
Special Effects Assistant
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects Assistant

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician

Visual Effects

Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Visual Effects Production Manager
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects
Shuzaburo Araki
Visual Effects
Shuzaburo Araki
Visual Effects Camera
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Director